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raise the debt ceiling, raise the debt ceiling raise the debt ceiling, raise the debt ceiling >> good evening from new york. you would think that in the final week before we reach the deadline for raising the debt ceiling that we would by now be in the end game of what has become the difficult, sometimes nearly impossible negotiation to reach an agreement on raising the debt ceiling. and you would be wrong. we are not yet in the end game. we are still in the bluff stage of the negotiations. as it happens, the bluff stage, which began in full 18 days ago, has been the most public and active stage of the negotiations. bluffing by definition must be public and must be full of false activity. the president, by far the best bluffer of all the major players, got the bluffing going in earnest with his press conference on july 11th, by which time he had masterfully maneuvered the republicans into a stalemate of the negotiations, which then allowed the president to pretend that he was in favor of more deficit reduction than republican house speaker john boehner. since boehner had given up on r
raise the debt ceiling, raise the debt ceiling raise the debt ceiling, raise the debt ceiling >> good evening from new york. you would think that in the final week before we reach the deadline for raising the debt ceiling that we would by now be in the end game of what has become the difficult, sometimes nearly impossible negotiation to reach an agreement on raising the debt ceiling. and you would be wrong. we are not yet in the end game. we are still in the bluff stage of the...
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our debt ceiling is now 14.3 trillion dollars. it will need to be raised in the coming year. >> that guy didn't have to be particularly bright. he just had to know what the dealt ceiling is. it was a completely non-controversial invisible element of our government. the staff of the senate finance committee where we actually had to write debt ceiling increass s into law. john boehner cannot be allowed to pretend that the madness that he is allowing to run rampant is something that every president in modern history has had to contend with. >> every president in modern history has negotiated over a debt limit. debt limits have been used to force big policy changes. >> there is exactly one speaker in modern history who has seriously tried. by exactly one speaker of the house and that speaker of the house is not speaking the truth. here once begin. >> this is something routine. it has been done more than 40 times since ronald reagan is president. it has never before been used in the kind of ways that the republicans are talking about u
our debt ceiling is now 14.3 trillion dollars. it will need to be raised in the coming year. >> that guy didn't have to be particularly bright. he just had to know what the dealt ceiling is. it was a completely non-controversial invisible element of our government. the staff of the senate finance committee where we actually had to write debt ceiling increass s into law. john boehner cannot be allowed to pretend that the madness that he is allowing to run rampant is something that every...
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power leaves raising the debt ceiling to the party in power. that's why senator barack obama voted against raising the debt ceiling when the republicans had a majority in the united states senate. not that senator obama was opposed to raising the debt ceiling, he was just playing a political game with it, trying to highlight republican responsibility for the debt. this year we saw something we haven't seen before, some tea party members of congress claiming that they would do anything to prevent an increase in the debt ceiling, no matter what. it turned out, big surprise, a lot of them were lying, and they did, in fact, vote for an increase in the debt ceiling. in fact, last week's vote for a debt ceiling increase was the most bipartisan vote to increase the debt ceiling we have seen in a very, very long time. but still, the incompetent, politically illiterate john chambers and londoner david beers offer nothing but the political worry that maybe congress won't raise the debt ceiling the next time it has to. they will be proven wrong every day
power leaves raising the debt ceiling to the party in power. that's why senator barack obama voted against raising the debt ceiling when the republicans had a majority in the united states senate. not that senator obama was opposed to raising the debt ceiling, he was just playing a political game with it, trying to highlight republican responsibility for the debt. this year we saw something we haven't seen before, some tea party members of congress claiming that they would do anything to...
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the debt ceiling. >> your issue is not the debt limit. >> texas is back on the debate over teaching evolution in public schools. >> and the heat index, manufactured by government. >> senate republicans still want their chance to vote on the latest symbolic vote. >> cut, cap, and balance. >> we haven't have won world war ii if we had had a cut, cap, and balance on the table then. >> every reasonable voice in america has warned us time is of the essence. we are running out of time. >> and the media has finally caught up with grover norquist, the most powerful man in republican politics. >> who made grover norquist king? >> the people have made this commitment not to raise taxes. >> if you raise tax rates, that is violating a tax pledge. >> 232 of the 240 have signed the no tax increase pledge. >> americans for tax reform would oppose any effort to weaken, reduce, or not continue the 2001-2003 bush tax cuts. >>> rumors swept the capital this morning that the president and speaker of the house were close t
the debt ceiling. >> your issue is not the debt limit. >> texas is back on the debate over teaching evolution in public schools. >> and the heat index, manufactured by government. >> senate republicans still want their chance to vote on the latest symbolic vote. >> cut, cap, and balance. >> we haven't have won world war ii if we had had a cut, cap, and balance on the table then. >> every reasonable voice in america has warned us time is of the essence....
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. >> eyeing the debt ceiling. >> all about the debt ceiling. all this talk about default. >> it's nonsense. >> demagoguery. false demagoguery. >> when i hear people trying to downplay the conventions of that. >> nonsense. >> a lot of demagoguery. >> irresponsible. >> alternatives are popping up. >> some discussion about my powers under the 14th amendment. that's going to make people nervous. >> very hard to get into sound bites. >> there is no clear way out of this. >> there are no magic bullets here. >> we are now on day eight of the government shutdown. >> day act of the government shutdown. >> our goal wasn't to shut down the government. i don't think we should default on our debt >> we have got to stop repeating this pattern. the american people are tired of it. lord knows i'm tired of it. >>> tonight senate majority leader harry reid introduce aid perfectly reasonable, one sentence bill that would raise the debt ceiling until the end of next year which is a perfectly reasonable time frame for a typical debt ceiling increase in the past. th
. >> eyeing the debt ceiling. >> all about the debt ceiling. all this talk about default. >> it's nonsense. >> demagoguery. false demagoguery. >> when i hear people trying to downplay the conventions of that. >> nonsense. >> a lot of demagoguery. >> irresponsible. >> alternatives are popping up. >> some discussion about my powers under the 14th amendment. that's going to make people nervous. >> very hard to get into sound bites....
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. >> the debt ceiling. >> the debt ceiling is coming. >> no. >> the sequesters are coming. >> cue the next countdown clock. >> i will not have another debate with this congress. >> house republicans see it as a trump card. >> they should pay the bills they have already racked up. >> while they approve this deal to avert the fiscal cliff. >> last night the house of representatives failed. >> there was no deal to send money to the victims of hurricane sandy. >> lawmakers from new jersey were angry. >> last night it was my party responsible. >> they are leaving this party without help. >> congress. >> congress. >> congress. >> the laughing stock of the country. >> 66 days and counting, shame on you, shame on congress. >> all right, let's get a couple of things straight here, okay? first of all, there is nothing wrong with legislating at the last minute. in fact, on the big stuff, the politically difficult bills it is usually impossible to legislate before the last minute. now if you never found yourself going to the post office at the last minute with your tax return in hand, you may not
. >> the debt ceiling. >> the debt ceiling is coming. >> no. >> the sequesters are coming. >> cue the next countdown clock. >> i will not have another debate with this congress. >> house republicans see it as a trump card. >> they should pay the bills they have already racked up. >> while they approve this deal to avert the fiscal cliff. >> last night the house of representatives failed. >> there was no deal to send money to the...
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we're in this mcconnell language of the debt ceiling disapproval, which is voting for a debt ceiling and pretending you haven't and thursday you would have at the earliest point the harry reid position coming to a vote, which means there will be a great weekend when the hout house and senate won't agree with each other. the markets really will be spooked this time. if the house and senate couldn't agree when they are both controlled by democrats, how are they going to resolve it next weekend by the time they have all debated and voted? that means this time next week will be ugly in the financial market. >> it all can come down to a one sentence bill. that's the funny thing. as complex as they have made it so far, if we get to august 1st and it is 10:00 p.m. and they have done nothing and the pressure starts to build on what they do know how to do and what most of them have already in their careers voted for many times, which is just that one sentence that says we're going to raise this number to this number. >> but if she cannot explain why she voted for bush's debt ceiling increase
we're in this mcconnell language of the debt ceiling disapproval, which is voting for a debt ceiling and pretending you haven't and thursday you would have at the earliest point the harry reid position coming to a vote, which means there will be a great weekend when the hout house and senate won't agree with each other. the markets really will be spooked this time. if the house and senate couldn't agree when they are both controlled by democrats, how are they going to resolve it next weekend by...
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debt ceiling, i'm not going to touch the debt ceiling. now what does that mean? does that mean he is going to pay the debts even if the republicans don't raise the debt ceiling. we don't know, but he has insisted, both in private and with his staff in his public statements and in private with others that this is a huge issue to him. he sees it as legacy. that he is not going to leave behind a presidency that can be regularly held hostage by congress that wants to refuse to raise the debt limit. if he stands firm on the debt limit a couple of months from now, then this is a good deal. because democrats got a lot of things they wanted. if he doesn't and caves on that deal, then it is not. >> what do you think about the fact that we have already heard from two groups, the afl-cio and the heritage foundation. they are already reacting to the details of this deal and say they do not approve. what do you think the headlines will be tomorrow? you know, whether its on twitter or wherever, from all the various special interest groups in reaction t
debt ceiling, i'm not going to touch the debt ceiling. now what does that mean? does that mean he is going to pay the debts even if the republicans don't raise the debt ceiling. we don't know, but he has insisted, both in private and with his staff in his public statements and in private with others that this is a huge issue to him. he sees it as legacy. that he is not going to leave behind a presidency that can be regularly held hostage by congress that wants to refuse to raise the debt limit....
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. >> but the debt ceiling. >> the debt limit we will introduce a plan. >> a cash flow problem. >> the president says i am not going to negotiate. >> i will not negotiate. >> i'm sorry it just doesn't work that way. >> the tea party republicans have taken it to a whole new level. >> the american people don't want the president's health care bill. >> elections have consequences. >> even if you've didn't vote for me, i bet you will sign up for the health care plan! ♪ >>> five days before enrollment begins for obama care, president obama took a stand against republicans threatening a government shutdown. the president went to maryland and began by explaining why he won't consider defunding obama care. >> in fact, for the past few years since i signed the affordable care act, a lot of you have been enjoying new benefits you didn't have before even if you didn't know they were coming from obama care. because the affordable care act, more than 100 million americans have gotten free preventative care. because of the affordable care act, 3 million young adults under age 26 have gained covera
. >> but the debt ceiling. >> the debt limit we will introduce a plan. >> a cash flow problem. >> the president says i am not going to negotiate. >> i will not negotiate. >> i'm sorry it just doesn't work that way. >> the tea party republicans have taken it to a whole new level. >> the american people don't want the president's health care bill. >> elections have consequences. >> even if you've didn't vote for me, i bet you will sign...
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increasing, it is not necessary to raise the debt ceiling. but only if the debt is not increasing. that's why we didn't have to raise the debt ceiling from 1997 to 2002. we have period like that. this isn't one of them. joining me now ezra klein and richard wolf. ezra, you "washington post" guys are very, very, very wealthy. i understand that. so i know. >> incredible. >> you are all fearing what the debt ceiling is going to do to your personal wealth. because even wizard of high finance like you cannot figure out a way to protect all of your wealth from what will happen if they don't raise the debt ceiling, right? >> that's why i bought a skrooge mcduck -- >> itch yf you can't figure a w hide from the impact of the crash that will happen itch the debt ceiling isn't raised, the koch brothers can't figure out a way either. they have too much money out there tin tin the world. for me, my hope resides in the koch brothers. the koch brothers are going to say to these guys, do you have any idea how many billions we could lose next week if you clow
increasing, it is not necessary to raise the debt ceiling. but only if the debt is not increasing. that's why we didn't have to raise the debt ceiling from 1997 to 2002. we have period like that. this isn't one of them. joining me now ezra klein and richard wolf. ezra, you "washington post" guys are very, very, very wealthy. i understand that. so i know. >> incredible. >> you are all fearing what the debt ceiling is going to do to your personal wealth. because even wizard...
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. >> we should not have raised the debt ceiling. i led against increasing the debt ceiling. >> she said that and got applause. >> they dropped our credit rating. she said that and got applause. >> bachmann has a loose relationship with the facts. >> she is a joke. her candidacy is a joke. >> we're explaining that light bulb answer. >> i introduced the light bulb freedom of choice act so people could purchase the light bulb of their choice. >> i'll come, look at me. >> still have potential. still have potential. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes in for lawrence o'donnell. we are one day away from the ames straw poll and what is the first real weekend of 2012 presidential campaign. well, kind of real. when it comes to the ames straw poll's influence on the presidential campaign, certain
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ceiling. >> keep your eye on the debt ceiling. >> the debt ceiling part of this deal. >> the leverage is going to shift. >> it's their leverage. >> the leverage is going to shift. >> and maybe their only leverage. >> and you want to have leverage. >> that's leverage. >> that's making it worse. >> investors are preparing to go off the cliff. >> this is almost a game of chicken. >> negotiation 101. >> are republicans feeling the pressure? we have stopped being at the timeerred to reality. we're still waiting for the white house. i think it's time for him to leave. he has an obligation to put forward a pln by putting his plan on the table to pass both chambers of the commerce. something the congress can pass. >> we have stopped being at the timeerred to reality. >> what is real? how do you define real? i'm an optimist. i'm hoping we can reach an agreement. >> the less said, the better the news may be. >> i'm hopeful we can reach an agreement. >> let's be honest, we're broke. they have to cut spending. >> they'll push that and go to the senate and lose. >> good evening. i'm alex wagner in
ceiling. >> keep your eye on the debt ceiling. >> the debt ceiling part of this deal. >> the leverage is going to shift. >> it's their leverage. >> the leverage is going to shift. >> and maybe their only leverage. >> and you want to have leverage. >> that's leverage. >> that's making it worse. >> investors are preparing to go off the cliff. >> this is almost a game of chicken. >> negotiation 101. >> are republicans...
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. >> the short term raise for the debt ceiling. >> three-month extension of the debt ceiling. >> temporary extending for debt ceiling. >> what is the republican strategy here? >> three months is not good enough. >> they may not even vote for this. >> it is about time we come together, do our work. >> the partisan lines just got deeper. >> john boehner has an 18% approval rating. >> the debt that is crushing the future for our kids. >> this is a party, a retreat. >> a retreat of sorts. >> they may not even vote for this. >> it really is unacceptable. >> they will evolve or die, it is that simple. >> it will stand out as one of the great days. >> today marks 40 years. >> the 40th anniversary of roe v. wade. >> this allows a woman free choice. >> support for reproductive choice is at a record high. >> 54% believe abortion should be legal. >> there was an assault on women's access to reproductive health care. >> do i believe that the supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes. >> 70% say it should not be overturned. >> this is a deeply personal issue, one that should be made by women. >> w
. >> the short term raise for the debt ceiling. >> three-month extension of the debt ceiling. >> temporary extending for debt ceiling. >> what is the republican strategy here? >> three months is not good enough. >> they may not even vote for this. >> it is about time we come together, do our work. >> the partisan lines just got deeper. >> john boehner has an 18% approval rating. >> the debt that is crushing the future for our kids....
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ceiling and reduce the deficit by adding in a two-stage increase in the debt ceiling with the second stage occurring, if and only if, congress passes a balanced budget amendment and sends it on to the states for the necessary approval from 3/4 of the state legislators for ratification. the united states senate now is voting on the boehner bill. there are already 51 votes recorded against it as it is proceeding at this very moment in the united states senate. joining me now, congressional correspondent for "time," jay newton-small, also "the washington post" columnist and msnbc contributor, ezra klein. thank you both for joining me. jay, what's going on here? this is moved to the senate quickly, we have just got kent conrad's report on what the procedures have been in the senate so far. where do we go from here? >> well, we really have to figure out a compromise. the clock is ticking, there's only about four days -- less than four days left, really, before we start defaulting on our debt, not only do reid and mcconnell, although, listening to kent conrad, it seems it's supposed to be
ceiling and reduce the deficit by adding in a two-stage increase in the debt ceiling with the second stage occurring, if and only if, congress passes a balanced budget amendment and sends it on to the states for the necessary approval from 3/4 of the state legislators for ratification. the united states senate now is voting on the boehner bill. there are already 51 votes recorded against it as it is proceeding at this very moment in the united states senate. joining me now, congressional...
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that would also increase the debt ceiling. so no, congressman salmon, it is not about time that we have a debt ceiling shut down. it is about time we do something to make sure that never happens. >>> john brennan is the man president obama nominated to run the cia. he is also the man who helped create america's policy of drone war fare. that is next. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept, suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if, while on enbrel, you ex
that would also increase the debt ceiling. so no, congressman salmon, it is not about time that we have a debt ceiling shut down. it is about time we do something to make sure that never happens. >>> john brennan is the man president obama nominated to run the cia. he is also the man who helped create america's policy of drone war fare. that is next. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept, suppresses your immune system, it may lower...
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they all got religion on the debt ceiling now. >> they got religion on the debt ceiling. i think part of that was both the koch brothers you were talking about last night. >> yeah, the letter from the koch brothers said it is necessary to raise the debt ceiling under the circumstances. >> we saw the markets starting to freak out. i think the business side started to kick in. they realize wow this is in issue. interestingly, the debt ceiling, even though it would be cat -- catastrophic. people feel that. even republican who you ask them. they hate the government. don't want government to do anything. until it is doing the thing they want tight do. so the more that you are seeing the stories. and these are local news stories on the headlines of the local hometown paper about the way that the government shutdown is affecting them and their neighbors. too toxic to continue. they're staring down at 2014, saying we thought it was impossible. but maybe it wasn't. awe off it's -- it is astonishing to me -- to, to watch them let it get this far. this polling has been creeping up o
they all got religion on the debt ceiling now. >> they got religion on the debt ceiling. i think part of that was both the koch brothers you were talking about last night. >> yeah, the letter from the koch brothers said it is necessary to raise the debt ceiling under the circumstances. >> we saw the markets starting to freak out. i think the business side started to kick in. they realize wow this is in issue. interestingly, the debt ceiling, even though it would be cat --...
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the republican plan would require two votes on the debt ceiling. the first vote would raise the debt limit by roughly $1 trillion before august 2nd, followed by a second vote in 2012 during the election year. both votes would require spending cuts in excess of the amount that the debt ceiling increase would be raised. here's how the house republican leader eric cantor described their new plan at a news conference at the capitol. >> we put out our plan as to what it is we want, the cut, cap, and balance last week, this plan is not that. you know, the president said that he wants a higher taxes and he wants a vote through the election. this plan doesn't have that in it. so it is a situation where no side gets all that they want. >> under the house republicans latest proposal, they get multiple debt ceiling votes, pending cuts without revenue increases, and cuts to the entitlement programs like medicare that democrats want to protect. the head of the non-partisan center, bob greenstein, issued a scathing verdict on this new republican plan. house spea
the republican plan would require two votes on the debt ceiling. the first vote would raise the debt limit by roughly $1 trillion before august 2nd, followed by a second vote in 2012 during the election year. both votes would require spending cuts in excess of the amount that the debt ceiling increase would be raised. here's how the house republican leader eric cantor described their new plan at a news conference at the capitol. >> we put out our plan as to what it is we want, the cut,...
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that would also increase the debt ceiling. so no, congressman salmon, it is not about time that we have a debt ceiling shut down. it is about time we do something to make sure that never happens. ] up high! up high! [ sighs ] [ chuckles ] yo, give it up, dude! up high... ok. up high... ok. high! up high!!! ok ok that's getting pretty old. don't you have any useful apps on that thing? who do you think i am, quicken loans? [ chuckles ] at quicken loans, our amazingly useful mortgage calculator app allows you to quickly calculate your mortgage payment based on today's incredibly low interest rates... right from your iphone or android smartphone. this great tool answers your home loan questions organizes your results, and lets you calculate with the confidence of a rocket scientist. you can even take notes and add photos of your favorite homes! it's the 21st century way to make your next home refinance or purchase easy. download it today from the app store or google play... the mortgage calculator by quicken loans... one more way
that would also increase the debt ceiling. so no, congressman salmon, it is not about time that we have a debt ceiling shut down. it is about time we do something to make sure that never happens. ] up high! up high! [ sighs ] [ chuckles ] yo, give it up, dude! up high... ok. up high... ok. high! up high!!! ok ok that's getting pretty old. don't you have any useful apps on that thing? who do you think i am, quicken loans? [ chuckles ] at quicken loans, our amazingly useful mortgage calculator...
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when i was in the raise the debt ceiling business, everyone in congress understood what the debt ceiling was. everyone understood that it was a must pass bill, and that is why we usually waited to the very last minute to raise the debt ceiling because at that point no one would dare try to tamper with it, adding amendment to it, or in any way complicate raising the debt ceiling because everyone understood if we fail to raise the debt ceiling, it really would be the end of the world economically. it would strike a devastating blow to the world wide economy with crushing economic catastrophe in the united states. we were raising the debt ceiling then in a senate controlled by democrats, with house of representatives controlled by democrats, and a democratic president in the white house, bill clinton. that meant that the republicans did not help us, but they never dreamed of blocking an increase in the debt ceiling. bob dole, the republican leader of the senate would never dream of putting a 60 vote procedural roadblock in the way of the debt ceiling bill. until the first time that we raise
when i was in the raise the debt ceiling business, everyone in congress understood what the debt ceiling was. everyone understood that it was a must pass bill, and that is why we usually waited to the very last minute to raise the debt ceiling because at that point no one would dare try to tamper with it, adding amendment to it, or in any way complicate raising the debt ceiling because everyone understood if we fail to raise the debt ceiling, it really would be the end of the world...
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. >> is this about the debt ceiling? >> yes, it's exactly what it's about. >> i'm sorry, i won't tell anybody. >> i think if the president is not watching tonight, they will play the laurence tribe tape for him in the morning before his meeting with kevin mccarthy. >> somebody i'm sure is watching in the white house right now -- somebody who works in the white house, hello, this is your note, this is your msnbc equivalent of a flashing red light, laurence tribe has something to say that you're gonna want to hear. it's coming right up. how is that? >> they're definitely gonna get it this time. that's for sure. thank you, rachel. >> thanks, lawrence. >> well, this weekend, in texas, once again, a messenger arrived from the secret filthy heart of america. those words were used 55 years ago to describe the man who shot and killed bobby kennedy. senator robert kennedy was that rare kind of presidential candidate in 1968, who was loved not just by millions of people who were eager to vote for him, but by some of the toughest n
. >> is this about the debt ceiling? >> yes, it's exactly what it's about. >> i'm sorry, i won't tell anybody. >> i think if the president is not watching tonight, they will play the laurence tribe tape for him in the morning before his meeting with kevin mccarthy. >> somebody i'm sure is watching in the white house right now -- somebody who works in the white house, hello, this is your note, this is your msnbc equivalent of a flashing red light, laurence tribe has...
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boehner has said, repeatedly, we must raise the debt ceiling. mcconnell has said repeatedly, we must raise the debt ceiling. the president says, as a last resort, if nothing else, we must raise the debt ceiling. if we get to august 1st, and there is nothing else, can the momentum build to get a bare majority vote in each body for the one-sentence bill? >> yeah, i think that's what's going to happen, and i think this all will have been a bad nightmare of months of negotiating over something that shouldn't have been negotiated over to begin with. lawrence, this is all a distraction from the two fundamental problems we're facing in american economics in society. one is the creation of jobs and demand for the economy, and the other is how we pay for the wars and the welfare state that we've built as the baby boom ages -- medicare, social security, wars, taxes, what do we do about all that? this wasn't meant to be the place to have that debate, and in the end it's not going to be the place where the debate will be had. >> msnbc political analyst howa
boehner has said, repeatedly, we must raise the debt ceiling. mcconnell has said repeatedly, we must raise the debt ceiling. the president says, as a last resort, if nothing else, we must raise the debt ceiling. if we get to august 1st, and there is nothing else, can the momentum build to get a bare majority vote in each body for the one-sentence bill? >> yeah, i think that's what's going to happen, and i think this all will have been a bad nightmare of months of negotiating over...
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ceiling, you're going to need republican consent to raise the debt ceiling. instead of negotiating over the debt ceiling in january, they are intent of rolling it into these discussions right now. if you're going to include the debt ceiling in this, you are going to have to give something up to the republicans, something like raising the medicare eligibility. that's why if these reports are true, that's why it is in the mix. >> that's why the president said so emphatically last week, i will not play that game on the debt ceiling. it's not that he has any new cards to play. he said he won't do that. but i think, krystal, what he's saying he will do is, if you try to hold him up on the debt ceiling like steve just said, he will say to you, i will not do it and i will not negotiate on the debt ceiling and what his leverage is is sanity. his leverage is that everyone now knows that allowing it to crash is an insane act and they will not commit that insanity. >> i think it will be a lot harder for them. last time they were quite credible that they really would com
ceiling, you're going to need republican consent to raise the debt ceiling. instead of negotiating over the debt ceiling in january, they are intent of rolling it into these discussions right now. if you're going to include the debt ceiling in this, you are going to have to give something up to the republicans, something like raising the medicare eligibility. that's why if these reports are true, that's why it is in the mix. >> that's why the president said so emphatically last week, i...
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. >> for secretary jack lew, we are not going to be negotiating over the debt limit. >> it is debt ceiling by mid-october. >> this is the looming budget battle to defund the obama care act. >> they should be willing to defund it. >> i oppose obama care. >> you can't really de-fund obama care. >> in de-funding obama care. >> please, stop obama care. >> cruz has found kind of a niche. >> attack on john boehner from the far right. >> john boehner is in a pretty tough spot. >> sympathy for john boehner. >> or else they will start to call it john boehner care. >> fire, egypt, immigration, the debt. >> there must be a response. >> our borders are now better staffed and better protected. >> the fire is now 20% contained. >> it is not easy being the president. >> john boehner and the house republican leadership have been clearly sending the message that they are not willing to shut down the government at the end of september in order to force the president to agree to de-fund obama care. the message is simple and clear. that will not work. we can't force the president to go along with de-funding o
. >> for secretary jack lew, we are not going to be negotiating over the debt limit. >> it is debt ceiling by mid-october. >> this is the looming budget battle to defund the obama care act. >> they should be willing to defund it. >> i oppose obama care. >> you can't really de-fund obama care. >> in de-funding obama care. >> please, stop obama care. >> cruz has found kind of a niche. >> attack on john boehner from the far right....
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the effect would be to finish off the debt ceiling forever. make it no long ear threat to the economy. the president could raise the debt ceiling and congress frankly couldn't do much about it. republicans are laughing this part of his opening bid off as a ridiculous pie in the sky proposal. mcconnell for instance who abandoned it long ago because republicans hated it the second he proposed it, he is totally against it now. but it is actually a great idea. one that could do more to protect our economy in the future than anything else in the debt deal. even better, it would cost us nothing. it is perhaps the single best idea in american politics today. the debt ceiling is an anachronism, an accountability idea from when congress didn't involve itself much in federal budgeting. today congress has fuel control of the budget. there isn't accountability op a run away executive any more. it is calling into question whether congress will pay the bills it has already chosen to incur. like buying a tv then taking a family vote on whether or not you wil
the effect would be to finish off the debt ceiling forever. make it no long ear threat to the economy. the president could raise the debt ceiling and congress frankly couldn't do much about it. republicans are laughing this part of his opening bid off as a ridiculous pie in the sky proposal. mcconnell for instance who abandoned it long ago because republicans hated it the second he proposed it, he is totally against it now. but it is actually a great idea. one that could do more to protect our...
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the debt ceiling. he said this yesterday in boise, idaho. i have made it clear that we're not going to increase the debt limit without cuts and reforms that are greater than the increase in the debt limit. the president doesn't think this is fair. he thinks i'm being difficult to deal with. and leveraging the political process to produce more change than what it would produce if left to de-fund. we're going to have a whale of a fight. john boehner obviously thinks, a whale of a fight over the debt ceiling will help him fast the first deadline, the september 30th deadline for continuing the regular funding of government. the treasury expects to hit the debt limit a few weeks after that. but if john boehner expects a whale of a fight over the debt limit it is not going to be with this guy. >> i will not have a debate with this congress over whether or not they that pay the bills that they have already racked up through the laws that they passed. >> and if john boehner has any doubts about that, today, the treasury secretary said this. >> the p
the debt ceiling. he said this yesterday in boise, idaho. i have made it clear that we're not going to increase the debt limit without cuts and reforms that are greater than the increase in the debt limit. the president doesn't think this is fair. he thinks i'm being difficult to deal with. and leveraging the political process to produce more change than what it would produce if left to de-fund. we're going to have a whale of a fight. john boehner obviously thinks, a whale of a fight over the...
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why not do a daily debt ceiling? the most important lesson of the day for republicans was delivered by an unnamed house republican in politico. it doesn't help our leadership to try to hold us republicans together on anything when they know the president will chop them off at the knees. on anything. that means the entire republican legislative agenda is now in serious danger. democrats have the republicans and the president exactly where they want them now, and they can't believe it was this easy. chuck schumer may be the first minority leader in history to have his first offer to the president of an opposing party accepted without a word of negotiation. what do you think that's going to do to chuck schumer's next first offer? he's going to push trump even harder the next time he has a first offer to make in the oval office. he's going to ask for much more. that's what happens when you cave as easily and immediately and completely as donald trump did today in the negotiation that never was. chuck schumer and nancy pe
why not do a daily debt ceiling? the most important lesson of the day for republicans was delivered by an unnamed house republican in politico. it doesn't help our leadership to try to hold us republicans together on anything when they know the president will chop them off at the knees. on anything. that means the entire republican legislative agenda is now in serious danger. democrats have the republicans and the president exactly where they want them now, and they can't believe it was this...
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will voters reward anyone for the debt ceiling deal? joining any now are ari melber and jonathon alter, nbc political analyst and author of "the promise." what do you see here as a possible win on the democratic side and for the president on this? >> first of all, i think both the president and john boehner are in the loser categories here. folks out there are saying the hell with all these guys. it's a very bad deal for washington in general, and boehner and obama represent washington. so they're losers. but in terms of the parties, i think the republicans lost more in this whole exchange than the democrats because they were, you know, pretty accurately and consistently portrayed as an extremist party. the polling shows that they're off the rails. if presidential elections are about capturing the center, this wasn't so bad for the democrats. >> the president's instincts were good on how to handle somali pirates when they took hostages, but here the president new he was dealing with a hostage taking and never came out and said, okay. th
will voters reward anyone for the debt ceiling deal? joining any now are ari melber and jonathon alter, nbc political analyst and author of "the promise." what do you see here as a possible win on the democratic side and for the president on this? >> first of all, i think both the president and john boehner are in the loser categories here. folks out there are saying the hell with all these guys. it's a very bad deal for washington in general, and boehner and obama represent...
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ceiling. >> not raising the debt ceiling is not an automatic trigger for default. that's one thing. raising the debt ceiling and default are two different, use. we have enough coming in to service our debt. principal and interest. we have more than enough to service that. >> joining me now, msnbc contributor, former economic advise adviser, and the former treasury department chief of staff, now a senior fellow at center for am scan progress. jared, we saw last week in one day the cost of short term borrowing to the treasury double. that cost doubling in one day. a cost that i think most republican members of the house of representatives don't even know about. >> exactly. that cost continues to go up. this is exactly what you would expect if we start fooling around with the debt ceiling. called a risk premium. and it means that anyone who considers lending to u.s. government historically the safest creditor in the, in the world. would, would -- want to see some extra points if you will, on their interest rate in order to be covered for the kind of risks that folks l
ceiling. >> not raising the debt ceiling is not an automatic trigger for default. that's one thing. raising the debt ceiling and default are two different, use. we have enough coming in to service our debt. principal and interest. we have more than enough to service that. >> joining me now, msnbc contributor, former economic advise adviser, and the former treasury department chief of staff, now a senior fellow at center for am scan progress. jared, we saw last week in one day the...